If you have already uploaded tracks at GPSed.com you can organize them in online archive as you wish. To make various changes in your track list open the Map page. Find a track you need in “Search” tab, click on it and your track will appear in the list of opened tracks.

Select “My tracks” link and you will see all tracks recorded and uploaded by you. Open tracks that you want to edit, press “Actions” in” Opened Tracks” tab and change the status of your track from “public” to “private”, delete or rename the track, export to other format, attach photos, etc.

There is also another way to delete your tracks or make other changes. Click on a track line directly on a map and pop-up menu will appear. Here you can also delete your track in “Actions” menu. You can delete your track from the Map page and also from the Track page. This works only for your own tracks, you can’t delete tracks of other users.

Keep your track list in order and make changes you like.

In anticipation of your comments,

Sincerely,
GPSed Team.

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Here we’ll talk about the List of Tracks which is available in GPSed mobile clients. To open it just select “List of Tracks” in the application menu.

The list shows names and statuses of all your recorded tracks.  Every track has some color and icon depending on it’s status. Let’s understand which icon correspond to which status:

The icon means that current track is recording at the moment.

Empty track (track which contains no GPS points). Such track is absolutely useless and could be deleted.

  Track is partly stored on server. Probably this track was uploading to server unless it was stopped and new GPS points were received from GPS receiver. Such icon indicates that the last part of points was not uploaded.

Track is completely on mobile device (no points on server). Such track could be uploaded to server by choosing of the appropriate item in the application menu. However, if some track was uploaded to GPSed web-service via web-browser, GPSed mobile application will not “recognize” such situation and track can still maintain “on mobile” status.

Track is completely uploaded to server.

As always, we are glad to receive additional questions and suggestions from you!

If you haven’t tried GPSed mobile application to track your trips, it’s time to check it out.  Application is fully compatible with BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Java devices with internal GPS receivers or external Bluetooth GPS receivers.

With kind regards,
GPSed Team

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“Search” function on GPSed opens various possibilities for us to “visit” places that many of us will never get to see unless we watch a travel channel. This however is more personal than reading guides for travelers and highlights the things that are the most interesting to us. Visit GPSed.com as a registered user, press “Map” and start searching.

Want to know more about this or another country? “Search by country” is really what you need. Choose the country of your origin or an “exotic” country and start your “virtual” trip. View the photos carefully and imagine you are the part of this adventures.

During such searching among GPSed tracks I’ve found many routes which impressed me greatly. I highlighted the authors who are making really nice tracks, with cool photos and useful information in a description.

You can also subscribe on the new public tracks of all users you like using RSS Feed.

I like Alex adventures on Greek islands, tracks by DoLphin at the Dniestr river in Ukraine, Vizael’s, Fbatista72’s  and Hitman’s tracks in a beautiful towns. I also enjoy flights by Aerobat!

The track by Cmlandau from the New York Botanical Garden with the unique plants represented there is worth to be viewed .

Tracks from expeditions by tourists are also amazing: in my opinion tracks by Marc78199 and Col Vieux Descent are really nice.

A separate group of exciting GPSed tracks created by GPSed Team is Historic Tracks.  Circumnavigation of Ferdinand Magellan, Maiden voyage of Titanic, Heroic and the last trip of battleship Bismarck during WWII move you tens and hundreds years backward revealing these amazing stories on a map. Stay tuned on GPSed Blog for upcoming pieces of history in a new angle.

Besides the tracks mentioned above there are many little-known routs worth our attention. Press the “Search” button on GPSed and start your “virtual” trip through the tracks of GPSed users.

Yours sincerely,
GPSed Team

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And again we have nice news for WM audience! New update of GPSed for Windows Mobile v. 2.1.4 is small but useful. In this update we included several bug fixes. Now we really hope you won’t have any more troubles with Internet connection, ocasional stop of the track when uploading it on the server, sharing the tracks to the Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc) and preventing automatic power down. The latest version is available for free download.

Thank you all for so many comments and questions we’ve got last week. As usual, we are happy to help and here we are with one of the answers.

Today we’ll discuss the most frequently asked questions on the COM-ports and internal GPS settings. On the page “View ->Track Details” you can get data on the current connection. The field “GPS Receiver” has the following meanings:

Selecting “Menu -> Settings -> Change GPS Receiver” an attempt to connect to GPSID is happening. If the data from GPS is obtained the user start using GPSID for the work with a GPS receiver. Otherwise the search of the GPS data source via COM-port is carried out. In that case you have to select appropriate source in the list of discovered sources.

You can also find a useful post under the title “Blackjack II GPS… ACTIVATED“.

As usual we are waiting for your feedback!

Sincerely yours,
GPSed Team

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Your tracks are in unsupported format and are not visible on GPSed?

It is possible to solve this simple problem. Your tracks should be converted into *.gpx format. This is the most popular format for GPS tracks. We recommend you on-line GPS track format converter on GPSVisualizer website.

Upload appropriated file from your computer and press “Convert”. After that copy a code and paste it in the created text file, and save it in *.gpx format. This file could be easily uploaded on GPSed.com.

To upload your track on GPSed.com sign in your account. In the upper right corner of your screen press the link “Upload tracks” and find your recent track on your computer (GPX, KML or PLT formats). You can upload several files at the same time. When the process is finished your tracks will appear on Google Maps.

Please leave your comments here and let us know if you find useful to have additional formats supported on support@gpsed.com.

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Stay in touch with your friends and relatives when you are traveling! Let them know places you’ve visited and your current location. Share your tracks obtained during trips to the Social Networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc!

There are two ways of track sharing:

1. By Internet from web-site GPSed.com

2. By mobile phone with GPSed application installed

Here we’ll discuss the possibility to share tracks from your mobile phone. To post a track to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc you have to enter your login and password. We guarantee that GPSed does not save your logins and passwords to the Social Networks.

Below are few examples of track’s sharing from GPSed Mobile Application, check it out. Images are clickable, so you can look at sharing results in original profiles of corresponding social networks.

Track sharing to Facebook (you will need to add me as a friend to see my profile)

Track sharing to MySpace

Track sharing to Twitter

There are several cases to share tracks from your mobile phone:

• Before starting to make a new track: User receives a proposition to send a track to his friends to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc to follow him during his trip. In that case the mobile client will send a post to these Social Networks precisely in that time when the first points reach GPSed.com. This way of sharing is realized by appropriated dialogues in a process of new track creation (the user also could disable this function).

• During track recording: The user have already started track recording and decided to share it with friends. This could be realized in menu by “Upload” and “Share” functions which are valid during track recording.

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Here we’ll give you some recommendations on how to make your own track and to enjoy it on Internet by yourself and with friends.

To make a track you need GPS unit or mobile phone with GPSed application installed and a digital photo camera. In a case you use photo camera separately from mobile please note that the data and time should be the same on both devices to avoid future mistakes. Choose the nice area and start making tracks and taking photos during your trip.

After that upload your track and photos on your computer. Sign in to GPSed.com. In the upper right corner of your screen press the link “Upload tracks” and find your recent track on your computer (GPX, KML or PLT formats). When the process is finish your track will appear on Google Maps. You can assign your tracks to Communities, read this post for more information!

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Want to see your trip in a Featured Track List on GPSed.com service and to become popular among GPSed users? Follow our simple recommendations and your track may be displayed on our main page!

1. The track should cover the nice area which will be interesting and pleasant to see for other people. It should be illustrated with photos (several dozens of photos or even more will be very useful).
2. Upload your track using your account on GPSed.com and make it Public.
3. Make your account at http://picasaweb.google.com/ or http://www.flickr.com/, create your web-album or photo-set. Upload your photos related to this track into the web album. Please write “photos description” when uploading them into Picasa or FlickR to make your photos more informative.
4. Add your photos to the track, press “Attach photos” button in the upper right corner of your track’s page.
5. It is desirable to have photos with geo-position on the track. Photos will be pinned to a map according to the track’s timeline. Photos with no timestamps will be also attached to the track without geotagging.
6. When viewing your track on track’s page you can specify “track description” of this track. Find “Track description” field and press “Edit”. Many people will be interested to learn more about the area, what is it famous for? What was the reason of the trip and the most exiting events during it?
7. The most interesting waypoints (with a description) will also make the track more exciting for people.

Follow these recommendations carefully and you have a possibility to share your impressions with a large audience of our users. The authors of the best tracks will receive nice gifts: GPSed.com T-shirt, Certificate for 10 USD for our products at www.shapeservices.com, etc.

We hope to learn more about your trips from Featured Tracks at GPSed.com! If you still don’t have GPSed account you have a chance to make it for free and start enjoying this service!

If you got interested in making your own tracks featured, leave your comments here. All ideas and suggestions for featured tracks improvement are welcome.

Popularity: 13%